Vehicle-brake.



No. 756,899. PATENTBD APR. 12, 1904.

' M. A. SCHAFER.

VEHICLE BRAKE.

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MAROUS AUGUSTUS SCHAFER, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

VEHICLE-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,899, dated April 12, 1904. Application filed January 28,190 Serial No. 190,920., (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS AUGUSTUS SCHAFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, Richmond, county of Richmond, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Brakes, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to a vehicle-brake, which is so constructed that the brake-shoe may be projected between two of the wheelspokes, so that the vehicle when braked can not be accidentally started.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a Wagon provided with my improved brake; Fig. 2, a bottom view of the wagon body, showing the brake operating mechanism; and Fig. 3, a front view of the wagon-body and brake, showing the wheel in section.

The letter 0 represents the body of the wagon or other vehicle, to the wheel 5 of which the brake is adapted to be applied. The construction of the brake is such that it may be projected laterally between two of the spokes of wheel 6, so that the further rotation of the latter is prevented. To effect this result, the brake-shoe 0, preferably covered with rubber, is mounted upon the end of a transverse slide 0, movable at right angles to the wagon-body. The slide 0 is guided in bearings 0 secured to the bottom a of the wagon-body. The relative position of wheel and brake-shoe is such that when the shoe is projected outwardly beyond the side of the wagon-body it will en- To the lower arm are connected to one .end of a lever g, fulcrumed at g, and connected at its other end to the slide 0.

It will be seen that by properly manipulating the brake-lever the shoe may be readily put on or taken off. The brake is particularly 5 designed to prevent vehicles at rest from being accidentally started or from sliding downgrade. vehicles in slow motion.

What I claim is The combination of a wheeled vehicle with a brake-lever, a pair of ropes secured thereto, a lever connected to the ropes, a laterally-movable slide connected to the lever, and. a brake- It may, however, also be applied to I shoe secured to the slide and adapted to be projected between the Wheel-spokes, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, Manhattan," New York, this 27th day of January, 1904.

MARCUS AUGUSTUS SGHAFER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SoHULz, FRANK v. Bnmsnn. 

